Craig's List Find

This summer we're expecting family and friends visiting from Canada and nowhere to put them! So I hopped on Craig's List hoping to find a day bed that would look nice in our small fourth bedroom, but be comfortable enough for company. While conducting my search I came across this . . .

Isn't it gorgeous? Brian and I made the short trip to Milwaukee to pick it up from a young woman who was moving into a smaller place and therefore had not room for it. She inherited it from her grandparents home in Lake Geneva. Young people don't understand the value of an antique, especially one left by a grandparent. Sigh . . . I hope she doesn't later regret her decision to sell. And can you believe she was only asking $60?!!

We loaded it on our truck and were on our way.

And now it sits proudly in my living room. I'm debating whether or not to paint it. I'll take my time with that decision. For now it's home to my egg vases.

. . . and still no day bed . . .